Sheba Intelligence has obtained information from sources on Houthi military movements involving a drone base, a ballistic missile base and a training camp in Al-Bayda, as fighting intensifies around Kahboub in Lahj and Al-Dharifa in Al-Wazi’iyah...
Government forces have used the long-range SKYWASP one-way attack drone for the first time in combat, striking air-defence systems, weapons depots and drone and missile facilities in the mountains surrounding Sana’a, according to a military source and an analysis of foota...
Sheba Intelligence identifies five Chinese-origin or Chinese-designed UAV platforms displayed by Yemen’s Nation Shield Forces, pointing to an emerging layered capability for reconnaissance, targeting, fire support and battlefield logistics. Sheba Intelligence | Investigati...
The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday, September 16, that Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered the holy city’s restricted airspace, describing the incident as the group’s second attempt to target the city. ...
Escalating threats to Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea dominated an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Yemen on September 15, 2026, as Yemen called for stronger deterrence, the United States demanded Houthi withdrawal from seized territory, and Saudi Arabia warned against using intern...
Iran negotiated an agreement under which the United Arab Emirates would finance the Houthis’ campaign to seize Bab al-Mandab in exchange for an end to missile attacks on Abu Dhabi, a source told Sheba Intelligence. The source, who previously disclosed secret contacts b...
Members of Unit 400, the National Resistance’s intelligence arm, have handed the Houthis sensitive information identifying personnel and thousands of informants, a source told Sheba Intelligence, raising fears of reprisals and arrests. The unit is led by Ammar S...
Yemeni government forces advanced on two fronts with air support on Sunday, September 13, reaching Al-Ajram overlooking Ghayl Bani Omar west of Taiz and pushing from Khor Umayrah toward Dhubab, near Al-Omari Camp, according to field reports. The reported coastal advance plac...
Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Abdul Reza Shahlai is overseeing military and security arrangements from Al-Khokha to consolidate Houthi positions along Yemen’s western coast, alongside a plan to infiltrate opposing forces and exploit regional divisions to...
Yemen’s National Resistance forces suffered more than 2,000 personnel killed or wounded in fighting on the western coast, spokesperson Sadiq Doweid said, accusing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of planning and directing an offensive aimed at seizing Bab al-Ma...
Sources report heavy weapons moved to Sanaa and Saada, while government leaders seek to regroup troops and address growing displacement. Coalition aircraft have struck trucks carrying weapons seized by Houthi forces from National Resistance bases on Yemen’s western coast, source...
The Houthis’ external intelligence apparatus has signed new agreements with a Chinese company to obtain satellite imagery and maritime surveillance data, seeking to tighten the group’s grip on shipping through Bab al-Mandab and track Saudi and allied warships, intelligence so...
Yemen’s Human Rights Ministry said on Sunday, September 13, that 150 civilians had been killed, more than 200 wounded and nearly 85,000 displaced since September 3 in an escalation it attributed to the Houthis across parts of Taiz, Hodeidah and Marib. The ministry desc...
Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad al-Alimi reaffirmed on Sunday, September 13, that battlefield reversals would not change the goal of restoring state authority nationwide, following the collapse of government defences along the western coast and t...
The Houthi takeover of Mayun Island and Dhubab, reported by Sheba Intelligence on September 11, could strengthen Israel’s case for expanding its security presence in Somaliland, as growing Iranian influence near Bab al-Mandab increases the strategic importance of the African coast....
Houthi forces have taken control of Dhubab district, overlooking the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and Mayun Island, a day after capturing Mokha port, according to information provided to Sheba Intelligence. Mayun divides the strait into two shipping channels, giving the island st...
A Yemeni army source told Sheba Intelligence that the Houthis had transferred large numbers of fighters absorbed from west coast forces to the Al-Jubah and Al-Abdiyah fronts in southern Marib over the past 24 hours, accompanied by vehicle...
Houthi forces have seized the coastal city of Mokha in western Taiz governorate, shifting the battle towards the defence of the approaches to Bab al-Mandab after successive government withdrawals from Hays, Al-Khokha a...
TAIZ, Yemen — Displacement figures released by the Executive Unit for the Management of IDP Camps in Taiz show that 5,799 families comprising 40,710 people were displaced between September 3 and 10, 2026. Jabal Habashi recorded the largest number...
Yemen’s armed forces have designated a military targeting zone around Mokha on the western coast, describing it as a “kill box” in which they intend to use a range of weapons and firepower against Houthi military movements. The National Defence Co...
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